October 25, 2024, 1:54pm Clark County News
The Portland attorney who took a landmark case on homelessness to the U.S. Supreme Court calls fining people for sleeping outside “the leaf-blower approach.” Read story
October 18, 2024, 6:10am Business
Marlene and Richard Stanley moved into their home 44 years ago — a yellow manufactured house with a lush garden. Over the years, they invested in improvements and created family memories within those four walls. Read story
October 16, 2024, 11:00am Latest News
More than 200,000 Washington residents – a record number – experienced homelessness or housing instability during July 2023, according to a new report from the state Department of Commerce, which outlines statewide goals for addressing this issue over the next five years. Read story
October 16, 2024, 7:43am Latest News Free
Washington’s work cleaning up encampments along state highways is helping get unsheltered people into housing. Read story
October 11, 2024, 4:22pm Clark County News
The number of homeless people in Clark County dropped for the first time since at least 2018, the year the Council for the Homeless first released its own data. But the number is still disconcertingly high, advocates say. Read story
October 11, 2024, 1:38pm Clark County News
Community Roots Collaborative has begun welcoming families to its latest housing project, seven small cottages for people moving off the streets. Read story
October 9, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News
Kathleen Stevens recently took a phone call from a woman in Vancouver who believed her abuser would kill her that night. She’s terrified for her life and Stevens, an 82-year-old Hazel Dell woman who uses her savings to help fleeing domestic violence victims, is her last hope. Read story
October 8, 2024, 6:09am Churches & Religion
After a flood in April, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church’s building in east Vancouver is unusable, according to its pastor. The church is looking for another organization to take its rotation as a winter shelter from mid-November through mid-March. Read story
September 17, 2024, 12:13pm Clark County News
Vancouver Housing Authority’s CEO said the amount of drug-trafficking at two of the agency’s permanent supportive housing buildings is unlike anything he’s ever seen. But he assured the Vancouver City Council during a Monday presentation that the agency is taking action to protect tenants and neighbors. Read story
September 17, 2024, 11:23am Clark County News
The Vancouver City Council on Monday discussed tensions between residents of a homeless camp along the sound wall along West Mill Plain Boulevard and neighbors but didn’t take any action. Read story